(XNUMX) Learn to implement the practice of Buddhist chanting in life

Dear fellow practitioners, good evening, Amitabha.
What we are going to study with fellow practitioners tonight is [Buddha Life Precepts]. When we recite Buddhism, we should practice precepts in our lives. This topic is very important to us and very practical. Through us From the previous few studies, and from the enthusiastic situation of our fellow practitioners attending today, it is true that many fellow practitioners can have a lot of confidence in our chanting in the Pure Land for survival.Therefore, some fellow practitioners are also eager to bring their families and family members. The elderly and children are all brought together. Even if they have a bond, plant a seed for him. As long as he is mature in his life, he is willing to chant the Buddha, and he can also go to the pure land to become a Buddha.

So next, the major event of our rebirth has been determined. After peace of mind, we will begin to implement our practice of reciting the Buddha in our lives and set a good example for the people of the world.At the same time, we said that people who can truly believe in aspirations and have real faith in their rebirth and pure land must be able to feel the blessing of Amitabha Buddha. Since they can feel the blessing of Amitabha, then the body and mind will definitely be able to transform. The person who has even one hundred and eighty degrees of the whole person completely changed, depending on the degree of your faith, so of such a change, of course, he will naturally recite the Buddha, he will like to recite the Buddha, and he will naturally like to recite the Buddha and never stop. I think it is to practice Kung Fu, which is so hard.

So since I am very happy when I recite Buddhism, I must be in a good mood that day, as if I live in a world of bliss. Is it possible for such a person to do evil again!? No!Think about it.. Normally, when we are in a good mood, we are particularly easy to tolerate some of his faults when we see the grievances and creditors, and we can talk about everything when we are in a good mood, so we imagine it like this, if we really feel the practice. If you gain benefits, then naturally you will definitely cut off evil and cultivate good.Therefore, people who are truly very mature in virtue of good roots, that is, people who are XNUMX% confident in rebirth and who have received the powerful blessing power of Amitabha Buddha, this kind of rooted person does not actually need to talk to him one by one about the precepts, he is natural. Although he will do well, but Amitabha is very compassionate. He hopes to save all sentient beings in the ten ways, regardless of the upper roots, middle roots, lower roots, and even the five evil and ten evil sentient beings.

So we can see from the forty-eight vows that the method of rebirth is the core of what we have learned. The eighteenth vow that Master Shandao pointed out to us is the purest and most extraordinary practice, and it is also the simplest. But its achievement is the most extraordinary and incredible, but not everyone responds to this wish, so at the same time, among the forty-eight vows, a lot of vows are opened in order to attract other middle and lower roots and even the wicked, because Some people don’t have enough good roots because they don’t have enough. If they hear the eighteenth wish, they will not be held. If they don’t believe, then don’t they ignore him?So we are going to teach the precepts next, also for these people with different roots. He is not very corresponding to the eighteen vows, so the blessing power he gets is relatively small, so the change is not great, so that he can cut off evil and cultivate good. , Chanting Buddha diligently, and someone needs to take a whip and slap it behind them. People like this should not be you!This is because we want to record videos now.

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(XNUMX) Truly aroused, true faith and willingness are naturally sufficient

Well, in fact, each of us must study earnestly. Even if we have implemented the five precepts and ten virtues in our lives, it can be said to be a good example for a Buddhist chanting person, but even so, we must continue to study, because the precepts, All the precepts from the most basic five precepts to the full precepts of our monks, only one person can take it to Consummation. As you all know, you are all enlightened. Only the Buddha can hold Consummation. Then since we haven’t achieved it yet. Buddha, so there is still a lot of room for us to improve.

So whether it is for us who are the roots, or even for people who have not fully believed in this method, we must be honest about things, recite the Buddha, and practice precepts. This is very safe.There is even a kind of person who needs to learn especially. We talk about this precept, especially for this kind of people. That is to say, he is not only unbelievable, or that after he listens, the induction is very small and the change is not. Not only that, but there is even a kind of person who will slander, how about slandering? He said: "Oh! According to the eighteen vows, as long as you believe and make a vow, you can become a Buddha. It's that simple!? "This kind of tone means you don't believe it, and then he will add another sentence at the end: "You don't need to follow the precepts!" Then this is misinterpreted, strictly speaking, it is slander and slander.

This is not the case. This is what you said. You said that you don’t need to maintain the precepts. It’s not mentioned in the scriptures, and I didn’t say it. So in order to be afraid of misunderstandings, some people should usually not do it deliberately. Misleading, but not intentional, but also causal.Therefore, we have pity for this kind of sentient beings to prevent him from misunderstanding and slander the law, and further hope that he can also change his mind and truly be able to believe and practice the merits and benefits of the Eighteen Vows.Therefore, we are even going to explain the precepts for this type of people, and explain that we are people who live in the blissful world according to the eighteen vows, although Amitabha did not require us any conditions, and even if we break the precepts, we can die, but we On the contrary, people who truly believe in it will show it, and naturally they will do better than ordinary people. Why? Buddhism blessing.

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(XNUMX) Learn the precepts honestly, don't open up fate

So in the next two days, I made special arrangements for precept learning, even from the basic "Five Precepts" and "Bodhisattva Precepts". Because the content of "Bodhisattva Precepts" is relatively large, I will talk about some key points, which are more related to our usual practice. Yes, these precepts, which are relatively easy to be violated, are brought up to talk to you, and even this monk precepts will even be talked about.It is not easy for ordinary laymen to hear the monk precepts, because in the past, this monk precepts since ancient times, there is such a saying that the laymen are not allowed to learn, then in modern times, it is like Master Hui, the Hui law of Taiwan Master, he also prints monk scriptures, which are circulated in large quantities. In fact, even the Tripitaka can be found by everyone. So if you really want to strictly stipulate that laymen cannot read it, then it cannot be forbidden, because everyone can read the Tripitaka. Part of the ministry includes bhikkhus and bhikkhuni ordination, so such a prohibition cannot be prohibited.

So in the past there was such a prohibition, and of course it had its purpose. It was to prevent the laymen from learning this monk’s commandment and knowing too much. We women have 348 items and men have 250 items. Their karma is relatively lighter. After he understood, he pointed out one by one: "Master Renjing has no precepts, you see, this one is broken, that one..." Wow!This sentence is terrible, slander the Buddha and the Dharma and slander the monk!We men have 250 precepts. Master Hongyi said that there are only 25 real relapses. 25. The others belong to the "Prestige Precepts". You can’t tell whether there are any relapses. Persistence, offense, and predisposition, when can predisposition be opened, convenient, cover is prevention, preserving is precept, guilty is precept, there are four situations: open, cover, hold, and guilty.

For example, when the Blessed One was alive, there was a white rabbit in front of him, passing by and escaping, then a hunter chasing after him, trying to kill the rabbit, when he saw the Buddha, he asked him: "Did you see a rabbit? Rabbit, pass by over there?" He said, "No! I didn't see it!" Then did he lie? It was a lie, but it belongs to the predestined condition. In order to save this little rabbit, this time can be, But it is best for us ordinary people not to open fate casually, because we open fate for our own convenience, and it is impossible to have no selfishness at all. There must be, don't deceive, don't deceive yourself.

So basically we don’t want to open up fate, it’s okay to really save people’s lives, but there are not many opportunities like this. It’s more important to save ourselves. We’ve already sunk in the ocean. We’ve asked for help over there, but we haven’t yet. Ability to save people.Well, some people know too much about this prevention, but it is easy to slander and fear that they will create karma, so laymen are forbidden to learn the precepts of monks, but such a prohibition, in fact, may not be completely prohibited, you will create... you will see other people’s faults. People still have a way to pick other people’s faults. They didn’t commit them. They might be predestined, or for special reasons, they will be called black by you, and white will be black by you. Yes, it's possible.

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(XNUMX) In-depth study of commandments can increase respect for the Three Jewels

Therefore, in modern times, especially in Taiwan’s Buddhism or academia, the development is very prosperous. Many of the academia are monks or monks above college students, with good degrees and many intellectuals, so gradually the approach will be somewhat different. In Taiwan, the women's monks' group is a group of women's monks who specialize in studying ordination. One of them, a bhikkhuni, puts the content of her vows on the Internet and is also circulating.Personally, I’m more to the middle way, that is to say a little bit appropriately, and to explain to the people who need it. If you just circulate the script, you can’t understand it, and it’s even troublesome to misunderstand it, so if you don’t talk about it at all. In fact, there is no such strict prohibition, why?Speaking has its positive effects.

For example, many young people in the audience may one day seek to become a monk. Some people have their own imagination about the life of a monk.Even many people think that, oh, this world is too bitter,veryAnnoyance, I want to escape family responsibilities and all kinds of troubles, and then I think it’s better to be a monk. As a result, how can I get busier and have more things when I become a monk. It’s like I was shaved accidentally for three days. It’s inexplicable, I didn’t. I thought that my destiny was decided in only three days, but fortunately, with the blessing of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, all good and bad conditions help me achieve Dao Karma, but not everyone is as lucky as I am!You throw you on the battlefield without any martial arts at all. In the battlefield, half of you are beaten... and the half dead are Amitabha.

Because you just look at the precepts and you know that there are only five precepts for laymen. The basic five precepts are 348 for women who are nuns. So you can see from this that this is a higher-level test, and it is a training for us. , It’s definitely more difficult, but it also helps us improve to a higher level, no matter whether we are ordained, it’s for spiritual liberation, not for you to escape and enjoy blessings.

Even when we were young, we imagined that if we live in a monastery, we are holding wooden fish all day long. This is a movie, but it is not like this. So if we have a little concept about the life and rest of a monk and the precepts, then at least this is the case. You won’t shave, and you won’t regret it. Men can return to the vulgar seven times, which is very unfair. For the women only once, you will not have the opportunity to become a vulgar again, so you can’t regret it.And you must truly understand how great a blessing it is to be a monk. If you truly understand the desire of a monk and his self-improvement exercise, you can't help but respect the Three Jewels from the bottom of your heart.

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(XNUMX) Ordinary people are prone to misunderstandings

Nowadays, many people just look at the surface. Why don't the laymen respect the monks?Look at the surface, I didn’t really recognize the behavior of monks, and I’ve never really lived in the jungle. There are hundreds of people living in the jungle. This commandment is very strict. From morning to night, we are three o’clock.. three o’clock. Halfway through getting up and playing board games, I'm working hard all day, and I don't usually understand it. If I don't understand it, I just look at the surface. It is absolutely wrong to look at the surface.

Because if you look at the surface, even the Blessed One is sick, and the Blessed One is also sick!Then you can also say: "Oh, how do you practice, how bad your practice is, how can you get sick, then there must be no effort", or some of the practices in this behavior, maybe you don't understand the meaning of it, you just look at it. It’s the distortion of the latter. If our mind is not pure, what we see outside is not pure. If our mind is pure, all the realms outside, even if it seems to be doing evil, but you don’t. It is entirely the function of our heart to interpret it from the perspective of evil.

But many people don’t understand, and there are usually two types of monks that ordinary laymen can meet. This is my Oita. One is really motivated and has a considerable degree of learning. The karma is also sufficient. Long Tian introduced , Make a connection with you all, and promote the Dharma to benefit your life.Another thing that you can easily see is that he may not have a good foundation. Some people have become a monk only when they are old, and have not really lived in the Sangha. Of course, he has not developed the rules and precepts in life. People will always see a lot of deficiencies, then you think that the monks are like this.In other words, it is not easy for you to see the real monks, the life and rest of the real monks, and this is the kind of monks who have truly cultivated the monkhood through years of exercise to get rid of their tackiness. It is not easy for you to see.

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(XNUMX) The real purpose of cultivating the mind to become a monk is to spread the Dharma and benefit from the grace of Buddha

So if you really understand the information related to this precept, you will naturally have a true respect for the Three Jewels, and then you may become big-hearted, and you may also be willing to become a monk, and you are not yet married. Everyone has a chance. This is my main purpose when I talk about the precepts. Maybe I will also... more or less talk about the precepts of a monk.Well, if we are a fellow practitioner who is practising and studying Buddhism, if you are already married or if you are older, you don’t actually have to be a monk, because our pure land practice is mainly to recite the Buddha and seek resurrection. This is our only goal. , Then this opportunity is equal for everyone, and Amitabha is very equal. As long as you make a wish, he will immediately take part in to receive it, and when the time comes, he will come to receive it.

But if you are a monk, because you must learn the precepts, then the real purpose is to promote the Dharma and benefit one's life and repay Buddha's grace.If you just want to die, you don’t have to be a monk, so if you are a monk, you are not capable of learning the vows, and you are not capable of being repaired and tempered by others. If you don’t have the right mentality, you have to accept exercise, improve yourself, and then go further. With these abilities, you can promote the Dharma and repay the grace of Buddha. If it is not such a motive, then it is not necessary. Why do you want to suffer? How comfortable it is to sleep at home until eight o'clock. When you arrive at the Sangha, you will get up at three or four o'clock. , And there must be a period of adaptation. The first five years are the hardest, three or five years, this is inevitable.

Even if you can really study steadily, after a maximum of ten years, you will definitely be able to repay you, and your worries can be subdued. The amount of subduedness depends on the individual. Everyone is different. , But you can really survive the hardest five years, and gradually you will become more comfortable day by day, because the first five years is to adjust all our habits when we are at home, get rid of this tacky vulgarity, mundane people, this tacky It's not a derogatory term, but it's that his characteristic is that he wants to roll in the red dust, that is, it has the smell of red dust.

That monk practice is what we imagined in our concept.. Generally it is also this far away from the city, in the deep mountains, or in other words, not going out, it is equivalent to being isolated from the world, and practicing in another level of life is indeed different. Different from the rest of the world, the habits, habits, etc. are different. Then you need a period of transformation. This is not two or three days, at least three to five years, to adjust your entire life habits, and it is a thorough adjustment.

If you only learn some superficial rules, of course it will be very fast. You can learn very well in two or three months. You follow the crowd every day. From morning to night, you can’t learn it, but you really have to transform your temperament. The tackiness has turned into a refined, refined temperament, like a monk, like a cultivator born in the world, that is impossible without three to five years, and even longer, ten or twenty years.But it is true that if fellow practitioners have the opportunity to have a little idea about this aspect, it will be of great help to you. I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.Moreover, we believe that our fellow practitioners who recite in Buddhism are generally more compassionate and have a deeper root of goodness. They don’t know a little bit of precepts, so they keep picking others’ faults, so the main thing is to increase everyone. The promotion.

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(XNUMX) Learn from the precepts of the second ancestor of Jingzong, Master Shandao

Well, we chanting Buddha, we are going to preach the precepts today. Of course, the precepts to be taught in these two days are mainly based on the precepts of the Buddha. However, the preaching will be specifically aimed at people who recite the Buddha. First of all, I would like to mention the teachings of Master Shandao, the second ancestor of Jingzong. He is a Buddhist chanter. How does a Buddhist chanter live his life and practice precepts? Let’s look at this record: "When you enter the church, you will put your hands together. Hu knelt, chanting Buddha with all his heart, and never stopped exhausting. Even though it was cold, he also had to sweat. When he came out, he would give a speech on the Pure Land Method. He had no other sleeping place for more than XNUMX years. He did not sleep temporarily. He never took off his clothes except for bathing. .Bangzhou walks along the road, Fang waits for the Buddha, thinking that he has been appointed. Obtained the precepts, no offense. Not to look at women, absolutely fame and fortune, far from jokes. Whenever I go alone, I don’t go together, I fear to talk about the world and hinder the industry. "."Well, we see this paragraph, this paragraph is really very representative of the practice of the monks, and his practice is among the ancestors of the past, and among our Jingzong patriarchs, no one can compare with him.

Therefore, the Eighteen Vows are specially advocated and advocated by him, to twist out this most core and purest pure land cultivation method. This is his greatest merit in promoting the pure land, exceeding the merits of other patriarchs, but some are the same. Cultivation mistakenly thinks that there is no need to keep the precepts. Anyway, if you break the precepts, you can die. Then we can see his performance, his example will know that he really corresponds to the eighteen vows, the real aspirations, and the real friendship with Amitabha. The heart was moved, and he really felt the great compassion of Amitabha Buddha, all the efforts he made to us, all the efforts he made to us, and everything he gave to us. He really felt that he would be very moved and moved.It can even be said that we would like to make a wish to repay Buddha grace from life to life, even if we are broken into pieces, it is difficult to repay in case. If we can reach this level, let’s look at the great virtues of the Patriarch, the past practitioners. Yes, so why did this kind of vows start? It's because they have received blessings that he can make big vows.

As long as Master Shandao enters the chanting hall, he must kneel with his palms together and recite the Buddha with all his heart. To what extent?When I read it, I almost have no energy. I tried desperately. Normally, our fellow practitioners talk desperately, and there is no sound when they talk about it.. They want to talk, and they talk about right and wrong. He desperately when he enters the Buddhist hall. Recite the Buddha, so we have to pay attention. When we enter the Buddhist hall, we don’t talk, just recite the Buddha.Don’t say that it’s like reading like what others read. It’s very rare that we can’t speak without speaking. When people read it, it’s really exhausting and exhausting, and even if it’s cold, you may not feel it here. Winter Mainland That winter was very cold, in such a cold weather, even when it was freezing below zero, he was sweating, sweating profusely, wow!It’s amazing. Why can he even read sweating in such cold weather? It’s because of his sincere heart and blood rushing to recite Buddhism with this kind of sincerity, so it is easy to sweat, the whole qi and blood... He is chanting Buddha with all his energy, and of course he sweats easily.

Then he only needs to do one thing as soon as he goes out, which is to promote the Pure Land Dharma and talk to others about the Pure Land Dharma.So as soon as you go out, you should always bring some CDs with you to get to know you. It’s best to watch it every day at the same time. You will be familiar with it within half a month, a month, or three months, and watch it many times. When you show it to everyone, how do you make people accept it happily, and turn on the TV as soon as you go back to watch it, relying on the skill you introduced to him, then you have to be familiar with the content yourself, you naturally You can talk to the main point in a few words. Different people have different opinions. You need to observe. So you have to read the content very well. Of course, you should help yourself first. The more familiar you are, the more confidence you will get. Enhanced,Of courseOnly then will you be able to help others, self-interested and altruistic.This is the life that Buddhist chanting people should have. They don’t start shopping as soon as they go out. They buy here, buy desperately, and buy things when they are in a bad mood. In the future, if they are in a bad mood, they must use this method if they want to recite Buddhism.

(XNUMX) A true practitioner must be diligent and not slack

Women like to go shopping desperately, balance their worries, some are more fearful, this is to spend money to eliminate disasters, and eat, sweet... chocolate is desperately eaten, this is a lot of Westerners, you Seeing that the woman is so fat that she can't walk through the door, she has suffered the sin you have in the future.When you go out, don’t talk to someone else. It seems very boring. You must have someone as your company. Like you see Master Shandao, he will later say: "Every time I go alone and not in the public, I am afraid to talk about world affairs on the way and hinder the industry.".

I can understand this quite well, because after we graduated, apart from being in the Sangha, I went back to settle down in Xia, or formed Dharma destiny in the dojo. Usually, I mostly belong to myself. , You can’t walk alone, you can live alone, and you can’t live alone. I have committed both of these precepts. Then, this crime is about opening conditions, not deliberately. Why?Because this is really easier to work hard, and there is no interference. Even if you are with your relatives and friends, no matter how best you are with the Buddhist priest, you always have to greet you!There is a lot of idle time from morning to night.

People like Zen Buddhists are even more strict. They live in a Sangha group. After a few years, they don’t know each other. Who are you, even if you even look at it, you don’t say hello face to face. Why?Only in this way can he really work hard. In his heart, people who participate in Zen sometimes refer to a narrative, and he thinks about who the Buddha is, or if a dog has no Buddha nature. To enter a sentence is like a cat catching a mouse, always staring at it. It’s so tight that we can’t run away in an instant. Then if there are people around us, we’ll just cut off.. "Ah, hello", "Ah, Amitabha", "Ah..." Although Buddhist chanters don’t have to participate in enlightenment like this, and the bottom of the bucket falls off, it doesn’t have to be this way, but it’s better not to be idle as much as possible.

Therefore, Master Shandao and I are in the same way. It’s a great honor. Those two precepts can’t be helped by the opening of conditions. Of course, we can’t keep each of them to perfection. This precept is the main one, so the precepts are alive. It can be adjusted due to different seasons and conditions. Therefore, we should not learn the precepts rigidly. We must know the predecessor of the precepts. This male group does not have this precept, and the male group can do it alone, but the female group cannot. Why? Because I'm afraid of danger, I'm afraid that you're going out alone is dangerous, and then this slack, if there are co-participants, supervise and remind each other, mainly for these two purposes.

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(XNUMX) The deeds of Master Shandao is the best example for Buddhists

Then I just said that if we set our minds to ask for a pure land, of course, we hope to seize the time, keep chanting the Buddha's name, and don't want to interrupt, so we don't slack off this issue.So dangerous. If you really want to talk about danger, it’s not safe for men to go out alone, right? What's more, I have learned Aikido, so I may not be safer.. Maybe it’s safer than men. Of course, this is all about health preservation. We basically do not solve the problem with the Dharma.. It is completely different from the world. It is completely based on probation. If you don't quarrel with others, it is of course impossible to fight, so heroes may be useless.

The Aikido I learned before may not be used, at least I haven't used it before. I also learned a little bit. It's very superficial, it's just for health preservation.Even if we are capable, we must forgive others if we are reasonable. We are reasonable and we can speak well. We don’t argue with them, and we don’t need to have skill. What we really need to do is "influence". We must be compassionate to move him. , This is the best way of saving sentient beings by the Buddha's method, and the others are the next best way. This is different from the world's people...

"For more than XNUMX years, there is no other place to sleep." As soon as he went out, he taught the Pure Land Method and didn't bother at all. In the past XNUMX years, he didn't have a squatter. Is there anyone like him!He hasn't slept. He hasn't slept for XNUMX years. We went crazy without sleeping for three days, and we became irritable. Everyone is not pleasing to the eye. All karma has appeared. He hasn't slept for XNUMX years. Amitabha Buddha is willing to come again.

Then he kept the precepts very strict. He did not look at women. Strictly speaking, it is not allowed. Men and women cannot look directly at them. People say that the eyes are the window of the soul, so men and women, like the old Guangqin monk, a Guangqin in Taiwan. Old monk, he said that even if you are already eighty years old, you should keep a hundred steps away when you meet the opposite sex. It’s safer. When you’re eighty years old, you have to be careful. What's more, we young people, long Get this.. The men are very solemn, and the women are still very attractive, so you should be careful, so this precept is really necessary. Try to avoid it. The men and women are really necessary for legal affairs. In addition to communication and cooperation, try to avoid it.

"Unbelievable fame and fortune, all jokes", of course, this fame and fortune, this is a very crude trouble, regardless of spiritual practice, you must be light fame and fortune, "fame and fortune", it is difficult for ordinary people not to commit, and always like to chat. Let’s talk a few words. It’s nonsense for a true practitioner to not say one more word. If you don’t have it, it’s not acceptable to talk about drama or talk about drama. Of course, you don’t have to meet this standard. This is to tell us. , This one of the Pure Land Buddhism chanting... a best example.

Some people say that the standard of precepts for Buddhists is the loosest and the lowest. They don’t pay attention to precepts. They are actually wrong, and they are not even comparable to other patriarchs. So they are in fact all in the individual, learning from each sect. , Precepts are the basics, including being a human being. If you haven’t entered Buddhism or practiced Buddhism, you have to hold the five precepts. Therefore, our fellow practitioners must all require the most basic of the five precepts, three conversions and five precepts. The five precepts are the basics of being a human being. Without studying Buddhism, these five precepts are the five constants of Confucianism, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and faith. This is to be a human being. You can't be unrighteous, right, you can't be rude, and don't keep your promises. These are not good, then you... When you hit a wall, you often create business.

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(XNUMX) After receiving the blessing of the Buddha, the body and mind will naturally transform

Then through the example and teaching of Master Shandao, we are very clear that not only is the standard of Buddhist chanting not lower than that of other sects, but even higher. Why he can achieve this level is really incredible blessings of Buddha. ,WeEveryone can do it. It's not that we haven't been sleeping for XNUMX years. We jumped over this because our body is too bad compared to the master of good guidance. We can't bear it, and this body can't bear it.

It’s other things... For example, if you want to go out to speak the Pure Land Method for others, we can learn this, we can be very motivated, and we can be so diligent. We can recite the Buddha with precepts, stop evil and cultivate goodness, promote the Dharma and benefit life, and we can do it. People are more courageous than other sects of self-cultivation. Why? Because our method is blessed by Buddha power, the question is whether you can really sense the blessing power of Amitabha Buddha and enter our hearts, if you can , Your bravery heart burst out, you are simply a Buddha and Bodhisattva, that power is poured into you, and you are not an ordinary person, so you can really be reborn.

If we don’t have such a big change, it’s because our habits are still very heavy. Ordinary habits and karma are hard to come by at the beginning to build confidence. There is hope for liberation, and then slowly...every day. Recite the Buddha, listen to the scriptures, continue to grow confidence, and continue to receive greater blessings and blessings of Buddha power.Therefore, in our method, as long as you really grasp the key points, sincerely believe in your wishes, and have a single heart in the Buddha, you will not turn back at the moment, Master Shandao specifically pointed out.It’s not until the death to rebirth to realize the three non-retreats. Now, we will not retreat. We will live in the right samādhi, and our confidence and our Dharma joy will grow day by day, and we will be happier day by day. Everyone can get it, it depends on whether you do it.

The blessings that may be received at the beginning are relatively small. If there is, it is already very good. You have sufficient roots and merits. Therefore, if you really believe, then you are really willing to make a wish, and then you can recite the Buddha every day when you have time. I haven’t read that much yet, but it’s getting more and more day by day. It’s very rare that you won’t retire anymore. You have already decided that you will become a Buddha in this life. It’s amazing, you’re not anymore. Ordinary people, this matter has already been determined, but it is not easy to say that the current habit is still very troublesome, and the habit...especially the habit is still possible in the Arahant, and has not been exhausted, so it is not easy.

Because the habits and karma are still there, the kind of joy we feel is not so strong yet, and the change is not so big. What is the so-called really big change? I can't bear anything in ordinary times, and I can give up all of it at once. , Even if I give it up... I also give up my hair, shave or become a monk, and give up both body and mind. This is, this blessing power is great, and the blessing power you receive is great, you will have such a big change.Normal people don’t have it, so you have to make progress gradually, through day by day practice, then your mind will always...the bodhicitta will continue to grow.So when we recite Buddhas, let’s not talk about such a high standard. This is just to make everyone change their minds. We recite Buddhas can keep the precepts very well and better than ordinary people. Although we don’t require us to keep the precepts when we die, we Naturally, we can do better.

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(XNUMX) Learn how to keep the precepts in life

So, how do we ordinary people maintain the precepts in life? The best precept is to keep one Buddha's sign from morning to night, and all these precepts are fulfilled. You don’t need to learn one by one. , And then hold it one by one. When you recite the Buddha, your body, mouth, mind and three karma are pure and complete at the same time. Nothing is more pure than this Buddha sign. So when you recite Him, you are now one with Him. You are also clean.But this kind of situation is not easy, especially in the family, it is not easy to do it. You can't keep a Buddha's name from morning to night. Like me, I have always hoped that this cause will mature soon.

I can let go of everything, including even the lectures, so now some fellow practitioners have taken pains to make a video. This is truly a great merit. Let me go a little bit earlier and record what I should say, and then I can send my incarnation. Just come, my deity, I will close the door to recite the Buddha, from morning till night, instead of sitting there still, this is too bad for me, I can still move, do some labor, and recite the Buddha from morning till night. All the precepts are completed, and it is the highest enjoyment of life.

It’s really difficult for the lay people, at home. If you are free and not married, or if your family is really willing to be you, then you can also live in the Sangha and live in the Buddhist Hall. You can do the same. Now many places are very motivated. This is the cause and condition of achieving the public and honestly reciting the Buddha. If there is an environment, you must cherish and grasp it. It is the most complete to recite the Buddha from morning to night. Of course, you must also spend time listening to the scriptures to increase your confidence. ; That’s because there’s no way, it’s not easy to have such environmental conditions, so that we can purify the three karma, then we must, the three conversions and five precepts, these precepts must be learned, and then in life, try to avoid breaking the precepts and creating industry.

Fellow practitioners should not think that if I have not received the five precepts, I will not break the precepts.This concept is wrong. The consequences of breaking the precepts, killing, you are more serious than breaking the precepts, you do not ask or accept, you are easy to commit, you are not alert, killing, stealing, licentious, lying, drinking, especially killing, is very Easy to commit, easy to commit, then after you ask for the precepts, your alertness will increase, and you will have a precept and a guardian god.Therefore, some practitioners have asked for precepts before, and they all responded very well. Their previous worries were all wrong, and they were worried about breaking the precepts. In fact, the blessing of taking precepts is very strong. After taking the precepts, I will feel that I have taken the precepts now, no It’s the same, I’m going to study hard now, and there’s windy walking, so I’ll keep my head up.

Because of keeping the precepts, asking for precepts does not mean that you must achieve Consummation right away. It’s not like that. The person who converts the three precepts to the five precepts, the person in the refuge certificate also says that it’s very clear that you can follow along as you learn. Your ability, study with all your heart, and hold with all your heart (follow-up, follow-up) speaks very clearly, what should you do if you accidentally commit a crime, accidentally killed a cockroach, trampled on a cockroach, or accidentally Ants, it’s really careless, not intentional, or careless, and carelessness is not a mistake. We must be very careful not to hurt our lives. If we are really careless, we can repent, especially We chant this Buddha's name to confess.If it is based on the standard of people who hear the precepts, the Hinayana people, then you will be guilty, and you will not be able to confess. These five precepts are sexual precepts, and you must bear the retribution, but we are not the same as the Buddhas. There is no sin in Nanwu Amitabha. Don’t be afraid. We did it on purpose. We recite the Buddha to give him a dedication and persuade him to die. This is okay, but you should not commit it deliberately. You should try your best to keep it well.

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(XNUMX) Feel the full merits of Amitabha's name

Then, for the lay people, I will talk about the three conversions first, because many people know that the three conversions are just taking refuge in all the Buddhas, Dharma, and Sangha of the ten directions and three generations. This is of course correct, but it is difficult to tell whether we actually take refuge. Is there in the ritual, is there in our heart? We need to know that as long as the people who take refuge in the Three Jewels can not fall into the Three Evil Ways, why can we not fall into the Three Evil Ways? Is it just a ritual? Of course not. , We must truly rely on the Three Jewels from the heart, we rely on it from the heart, just like we rely on Amitabha Buddha wholeheartedly, so that we can become one with Him and receive His blessing power. At this time, we are sure that we will not fall. Enter the three evil ways.

Therefore, after taking refuge in the Three Jewels, you must have an understanding of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. In your heart, a feeling of refuge, dependence and closeness arises in your heart.That wayWith the backing of the Three Treasures, we can rely on it.It’s useless for you to rely on. What is your real dependence? Just like Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, and Malaysia’s prime minister, the highest-ranking person, we really have a relationship with him, and you may become a part of his family. Now, this relationship has been established, then you are not afraid, those weird people dare not to bully you.

If we truly rely on the Three Jewels and truly take refuge in the Three Jewels, we will become one with the Three Jewels and become a family, especially with Amitabha, who has the greatest magic power. It is impossible for the grieving creditor to get close to us, or if he comes, it can be resolved. , There is this power.So do you really take refuge in the Three Jewels? We must always think about this question, do I have that kind of feeling in my heart, especially if I have to get in touch with Amitabha, and truly rely on Amitabha wholeheartedly.

The Buddha Amitabha represents all Buddhas in the Three Shifangs, and there are so many Buddhas in the Three Shifangs. How do we know all of them? Therefore, the phrase Amitabha Buddha is all included. Amitabha Buddha stands for self-nature. All dharmas are from the self-nature. Exuded, so all the merits are all fulfilled, so Amitabha became Wandehong name, it is reasonable, this is not ten thousand, it is immeasurable, all the mantras, and all the merits of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, all They are all blended in this sentence Nanwu Amitabha.

If you can truly appreciate it, you will rely on Amitabha with all your heart, and with Amitabha in your heart, and give up your life with all your heart, and then in case something happens in your life, any innocent creditor, big or small things, you will I would mention this Buddha name, the magic power is boundless, and any problem with this Buddha name can be solved.Of course it is more difficult to find him. Don't look for Amitabha every time, big or small, he is not exhausted.

If you have a disease... if you have a small illness, we will recite the Buddha, if you are suffering from cancer, forget about it, and just recite the Buddha. Others are like knife wounds. If you want to get an operation, you should go to a doctor instead of Amitabha If you want to think of sensing him to do the surgery for you, then maybe our Kung Fu power is not enough. You will die before you can sense it. You don't need to suffer like that. You have to go, be a little more lively, and don't be rigid.Look for Amitabha for everything, big and small, and then if there is one wish that is not as good as yours, then you are not working with Amitabha. This is about the three conversions, and you really have to rely on it.

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(XNUMX) There are opportunities to train children to learn Buddhism

Well, the five precepts. Actually, every one of our fellow practitioners will receive the three conversions for at least one year, the observation period, and after one year, you should take it. Consider that you want to develop this mind, and start to hold the precepts, that is, ask to receive the precepts, that is to say. The mind begins to learn the precepts, and really needs this action. After you ask for the precepts, the next step is to learn the precepts, and then keep the precepts. This is a manifestation of diligent mind. As long as the mind is released, the precepts are received, and your current merit is already You have obtained half of it, and you have not yet started to learn. You have already obtained half of the merits, so there will be a guardian god who is willing to come and protect you.

We know that the tree is only for the lonely elders in the lonely garden, the rich elders, he made his heart, donated a piece of land, and then built a sacred house to support the Buddha and their practice, then when he was building, the Buddha asked the Sariputta to supervise the work, the relic The Buddha has supernatural powers. He was just investigating the terrain, and Sariputta told him: Do you know? Your heart has only been sent out, and the matter has not been completed, your deeds have already appeared, and then he will use supernatural powers to appear. There are many blessings in the sky, many... many layers of heaven, many palaces, very beautiful, whatever he chooses, he said: Which floor do you want to go to? Then he picks one floor, and the other realms disappear. He is planted by this cause. As a result, the retribution is actually present, but he has not yet received it, and the retribution is already waiting for him over there.

Therefore, the sooner we begin to ask and receive, and then we can learn the precepts step by step and keep the precepts. This merit is immeasurable.Some people are beginning to learn this, studying Buddhism, and have not received the five precepts in one to twenty years. This time in Segamat, some of them also had the same cultivators. They were also very good at requesting the five precepts, and the oldest cultivator among them finally prayed. Five precepts.Let me talk about this first. Before I talk about the Five Precepts, I also mention a little kid by the way. As adults learn Buddhism and reciting Buddhism, children should also plan for them, not to mention waiting until they are older before they come to learn.

The child should set some lessons for him now, give him an atmosphere of spiritual practice, set the lesson for him like an adult, and then read the scriptures for him, so the usual schoolwork, the schoolwork, because the children are now under pressure. They are all...the study pressure is very high. Many parents think, "I can't cope with the school pressure, how can I have time for him to read the scriptures and recite Buddha?", and then forget it, without making any plans. This is wrong. , Put the cart before the horse.

It’s good for us adults to be liberated, children don’t need to be liberated, will children not die? Yes, will he have an accident? Yes, you should know that the coffin is pretending to be dead, not an old man, and it’s not waiting until old age. We have the opportunity to lie inside, so we have to plan for the kid. There is a writer in Taiwan called Liu Yong, who is a very good writer. He asked his sons and daughters to take a test. Just give me XNUMX points for the test. It’s a good pass. I know today that Malaysia passed forty points. It’s so simple, it’s too mixed. Of course, we have to try our best to do the schoolwork, but it doesn’t take much time for us to practice. , It’s fine if you pass the test, otherwise you’ll be good at XNUMX points. In the rest of the time, your Ministry of Education probably won’t watch our CDs, he said, alas. . .This person actually has ulterior motives.

If we spend half of our time studying the classics, a higher realm, then relative, in fact, your performance in school, in all aspects, you will be more gregarious, you will be more popular, you will be more obedient to the teacher, you You’ll do better in all aspects of morality, so the Ministry of Education don’t have to worry about it. Don’t just look at the children’s scores all the time. The ones that are useless, the textbooks that are really ordinary. The standards are set for ordinary people. So its content will not be...not very this...it can be said that its standard is probably moderate.

Then we have to practice. In fact, our children’s learning ability is very limitless. We can improve it. You have to recite the scriptures for him and let him recite more Buddha. You have to spend more than half of the time in practice and practice together with us. It’s not good that he cultivates better than us, and is more diligent. The child’s mind is cleaner, the karma is lighter, and the pollution is less. Do this and don’t neglect the child. If this is the case, he will live happily and accept it. The blessing of the Buddha is relatively happy, and at the same time, it will actually help him in all aspects of his school. On the contrary, it will help. So don’t just look at the grades and force them to go to tuition. This point is also raised by the way. , As a reference for parents.

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(XNUMX) Take the precepts and learn to protect your pure heart

So what is the precept? Our basic precept is the "five precepts", and at home is the "five precepts", then this "five precepts", the "five precepts", the Sanskrit meaning is "Siluo", translated into Chinese means to prevent, prevent, forbid To prevent us from creating karma.The precepts are divided into four types: precepts, precepts, precepts, and precepts. The precepts we talked about before are invisible and formless. The body is the body, and the body is formless. You can't see it.
But when we ask for it, through the blessings of the whole ceremony, the teaching of the master, and the precepts, then you have a kind of respect for the Dhamma in your heart, and you also have a desire to hold this precept, then your heart is right now. There will be a force, righteousness, and this is the precept.This kind of thing can only be experienced with your heart, and you can't see it, but it does exist, that's why it has this name, form, and discipline.Precepts are made by the Tathagata. They are divided into "domestic precepts" and "mandatory precepts." The practice is to follow the standard of this precept. As the norm of daily life, this is the precept, and the other is the precept. Precepts and precepts are the so-called three conversions and five precepts, eight precepts, ten precepts, and full precepts. There are various standards for precepts.This is the precept.

The basic five precepts, killing, stealing, licentiousness, delusion, and drinking, this old monk has also talked a lot about this, you should listen to it often, three conversions and five precepts, then I will also make a simple supplement. From other perspectives, This non-killing, especially our mind, is very important. Of course, we must not commit the act, and we must be careful to avoid accidentally committing the killing. Furthermore, we cannot even feel resentment towards others. Angrily, resentment, look, you’re committing it every day, do you often resent, alas, how about your other half... He complains almost every day. This is the precept not to kill. Strictly speaking, it is like this.

You have resentment, complaints, and dissatisfaction with a person. That state of mind corresponds to this precept, so you didn’t take the five precepts. You also violated this precept. You didn’t learn it, you don’t know, so you have to confess. What happened? To do, to confess, how come I start to look at other people’s faults again, and I’m complaining and dissatisfied again. Really smart people don’t use complaints. It’s useless. The more you complain, the farther you go, the less you don’t want to be with you. Who wants to listen to people nagging and talking about something bad, that magnetic field is not good, you really want to change a person, you have to treat him better, so good that he is embarrassed, he will come back and give you back, be wise, use It's useless to complain, you can only make your own karma, and nothing can be changed, so this is very important.

We must pay attention to our hearts and protect our own pure hearts. If a person has grievances and anger, the face is ugly. It is best to bring a mirror with you to see if you are angry and take a look. Oh, you might be shocked. From now on you dare not swear, your heart is polluted and poisonous. When we are angry, our heart will be poisonous. The old monk said: It takes seven days to get angry at a time. calm.That Xu Zhe is a bit more powerful, Xu Zhe, that Singaporean layman, one hundred.. Now she is over one hundred years old, maybe she hasn’t passed away. Ten years ago, she said she was 101 years old, and she was still there when we were studying in Singapore. When she met her, she said: It takes three days for her to get back when she is angry, to be stable physically and mentally, and to reconcile. That's not worth it. If you are mad, people are still alive, right? It’s no use to complain and get angry It just hurts oneself. The most stupid people will use this method.

So we study Buddhism to help you inspire wisdom, learn how to treat the other half of you, and subdue the other half of you, and really make your wish come true.Whatever you want to live, you can fulfill your wish. You hope that everyone around you treats you well, and you can do it. There are ways in Buddhism, not to use noisy and noisy things, that is useless. Yes, and it is getting more and more serious. In the end, the retribution still has to be suffered by yourself, because you create your own cause, and others want to suffer for you. You are too noisy, and then you will simply divorce. Many people are just like that. , There is no way to clean up, and there is still a bad relationship. This resentment may continue to the next life, so do you want to hold this precept? Yes! Everyone has to learn, and then you go to receive the precept, and this protector god, protector The ring god bless you, there are 25 guardian gods waiting for you at any time, you can avoid many disasters, the house is safe, and you can avoid the harassment and poisoning of all kinds of ghosts and gods... There are many, 25, this is the one that does not kill.I would like to remind everyone to pay attention to your heart, and to maintain compassion. If you commit a murder or aggression, your compassion will be gone, so you are not a practitioner or a Buddhist.

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(XNUMX) The five precepts are inseparable from life

Let’s talk about theft. Stealing means you can’t even take advantage of other people’s hearts. Another thing that ordinary people don’t notice is that they like to use power to oppress others, gain benefits and abuse power. This is also considered stealing, I Today I have this.. I am in power, I have this position, then I have not dealt with it impartially, I am acting selfishly, and treat the person I like to be nice to him, and the person I hate to be bad to him, and then take advantage of this position. , Get the benefits you want, is this stealing? Yes.

So these five precepts are closely related to us in life. You have to keep learning so that you don’t accidentally commit them. Most people think, "Oh, don’t steal, I don’t want to steal things from others." It's as simple as that, it's a crime all the time in life, you go shopping, buy food, we are at the Taiwanese market, he will give you two. . .If you buy some vegetables, he will give you some peppers, a little green onion, then you can take another handful, and give me a little more. This is a good advantage, greedy, this is also a thief, and people are not willing to give you. Ah, you made it hard for others. This is stealing.

There is another kind of adultery. It is not allowed to have an affair, and there is also no pre-marital sex. Like that Yu Jingyi and Yu Jingyi, he has done a lot of good deeds in his life. Why is the result so miserable? It is because of him. My mind is not right, often has evil thoughts, this is also guilty, and it’s also not allowed to have a heart attack, especially parents should pay special attention to their children, I saw the doctor of Chinese medicine Peng Xin, the doctor of Peng Xin , The CD he talked about, oh, I was shocked. I didn’t expect it to be so serious. We didn’t think of such a thing before. He said, “The health of young people is just like the old man, the old man’s body...” How could this happen? Young people should be very healthy. It turns out that they are young people nowadays. Under the Western concept, they think that they must understand many aspects of knowledge and even try these pre-marital sexual behaviors very early. I like to read some pornographic magazines, and so on, it ruined my body, which is very serious, so this is a big crisis.

Our so-called young people are the pillars of the country. As a result, the pillars began to falter before they were set up. It was terrible. The future of this entire country cannot be seen. I saw Dr. Peng Xin say this, and I felt terrified. It is so serious, so parents should pay attention to enlighten them. Now some are even twelve or three years old. These are just adults. They think that it is a shame not to have a boyfriend or girlfriend. This kind of misconception, this parent must lead them to the right, then we learn Buddhism, although it is a lay person, but it is best to keep the precepts well. This non-prostitution means that in addition to the righteous adultery, husbands and wives are allowed, a legal one. A standard.

However, Master Yinguang also said in his Wenchao that you can see that his family has to take care of even this kind of thing. He advised the couple how to live a life. He said that this couple got married and had children for the purpose of passing on the lineage. I saw here that I figured it out. It’s a matter that people used to marry are just a matchmaker’s words. The two people didn’t know each other before they got married. My parents had the final say. At that time, I thought, it’s so scary, and I don’t know it, how can we get along for a lifetime? Well, we think this way because we think that marriage should be a happy relationship, and we get married, but in fact it is not. The meaning of real marriage is to pass on the family line.

Then the female congregation, the female lead the male lead outside, the responsibility of the female congregation is to teach each other, and more importantly, to educate the children.So my mother is also a teacher. She is the child’s first teacher and the most important teacher. Her responsibility is very heavy. So getting married is not for two people to fall in love every day. It’s great to play here and there. It’s great, it’s easy to get too close. Quarrels, experts say that the love period is three months. I was tired of watching at the beginning and quarreling at the beginning. All we saw were shortcomings. So we suddenly realized that the meaning of marriage and husband and wife is like this. Living together and doing it together Meaningful things, one has one's own responsibility, not two find a partner, play all day, create karma all day, five desires and six dusts, it is not like this, so this is husband and wife should be temperate; then especially us For those who study Buddhism, regardless of whether they become a monk at home, they are all for the purpose of practicing, so it is best to have a higher standard and keep improving.

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(XNUMX) Really developing Taoism can overcome the difficulties encountered in practice

In September of this year, I was in... I said that I would go to the mainland to participate in a Buddhist seven. Among the Buddhist sevens, I taught two hours a day, one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. More than XNUMX people participated in the seventh. It was amazing. In the meantime, I talked about the essentials of the Amitabha Sutra and some precepts.After I taught the commandments, one day there would be... At the same time, two men came to me to ask questions. There are a lot of them every day. Among these two men, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and both of them. same question.

Both of them seem to be very diligent, young, about XNUMX or XNUMX years old. Then one of them told me that he was going to retreat in order to survive, and the closed room had been found. Later I persuaded him to dispel this idea. , He also moved, and then volunteered in that monastery. This is how I suggested to him. Then he was very happy to do it, so he went to report.. The next day he went to sign up as a volunteer. He told me that I I have signed up to be a volunteer now, and gave up the idea of ​​retreat, because I was observing his situation. It is not suitable for retreat and it is easy to get out of it.

Then he is indeed very diligent. They may be single. I didn’t ask this question, so they asked me, he thinks, they think, what they want to hold is the standard of not lust, then they Maybe I have been held for quite some time, and then I have the experience and found it very difficult to say it. He asked me what to do and how I can hold this precept well. It was the first time I met someone who asked me this kind of question. Quite difficult to answer.

Later, I thought about it, it’s really rare to see him so caring, young, and very serious in learning, but it is really difficult, especially for men, physiologically, it may be more difficult than women. Because women are heavier in emotional attachments, and their inner attachments are heavier. For men, men and women are physically different.Then I will think about it, then I will tell him that the method used by the Buddha when he was alive was to teach people to practice impurity. This is a basic practice, a universal practice, and no matter which discipline you practice, you can do it. Concurrently practise this concept of impurity, help us to maintain this precept, observe our body, no place is pure, observe carefully, this can achieve this effect; then, of course, when we recite the Buddha, of course we worship the Buddha. .. worship Buddha, this can be blessed by the power of Buddha, this can also, as long as you really initiate Taoism, you will surely be able to overcome these problems, that is, let yourself be as active as possible.

Including that we usually want to subdue delusions, why do you have a lot of delusions, you have a lot of delusions, such a person, usually your amount of activity must be very small, very little, and the medical profession in Taiwan is also doing research on this physiological aspect, they I found that people with high mobility can treat depression, bipolar disorder, and even a variety of physical and mental imbalances if they have enough mobility. It can make us more able to clear our minds, regulate our hearts, and maintain a relatively stable one. State, there is no special secret recipe, that is to let you move as much as possible. Then you can pray for the blessing of the Buddha from your heart. This is very ideal, so we really have to practice. We have to do it from here. You can’t do anything. From morning to night, the Buddha's name keeps on, so we must follow these precepts one by one, including children, and teach them.Okay, let's learn here today, and we will continue to learn other precepts, Amitabha Buddha tomorrow.

(End of the first game)

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